Title :
Demonstration of all-fiber narrowband polarimeter based on coherent acousto-optic mode coupling
Author :
Dashti, Pedram Z. ; Li, Oun ; Lee, Henry P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel all-fiber narrowband polarimeter based on acousto-optic coupling from two orthogonal acoustic waves is proposed and demonstrated. The polarimeter can selectively monitor individual channels in a WDM system with wavelength separation of >1.6 nm.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; channel spacing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; polarimeters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channel spacing; all-fiber narrowband polarimeter; coherent acousto-optic mode coupling;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
